Husband: Perry DeFORD
Birthdate: 01 February 1871 - Mitchell County Iowa
Death date: 18 December 1954 - (Dallas?) Texas
father: Mathew DEFORD (1832-1924)
mother: Annaliza (or Anna Eliza) ALLEN (1835-1871)
other marriages: Maude RAMSEY, 03 March 1908 in Watonga Oklahoma

Marriage date: 28 December 1897
Marriage date: Menahga, Wadena County Minnesota

Wife: Ida Mae FLOWER
Birthdate: April 1871 - New York
Death date: about 1906 - Oakwood Oklahoma
father: S.T. FLOWER
mother: Sarah M. unknown
other marriages: unknown GREEN (1st marriage)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Lavern R. DEFORD (son of Annaliza)
Birthdate: Sep 1899 in Hubbard County Minnesota
Spouse's name: Never
Marriage date:
Death date: 03 March 1950 in Pittsburg Pennsylvania

Child No. 2: Claud Bennet DEFORD (son of Annaliza)
Birthdate: 21 May 1903 in Oakwood Oklahoma
Spouse's name: Frances M. PAYDEN (1908-1976)
Marriage date: September 1926 in Arkansas City Kansas
other marriages: Florence unknown
Death date: March 1978 in Altoona, Lake County Florida

Child No. 3: Living DEFORD
Birthdate:
Spouse's name:
Marriage date:
Death date:

Child No. 4: John Donald DEFORD
Birthdate: 1912 Oklahoma
Spouse's name: unknown
Marriage date:
Death date: 1973?
 
 
Documentation:
* Email conversations with Perry's daughter and C. Gerdes, US census records

Notes:
* Perry was the census enumerator in 1900 for Straight River Township, Hubbard County Minnesota. He lived in Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas. He was a 32 degree Mason, member of the Shrine, served as president of the Watonga Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce, and sold land in the Texas Rio Grande Valley for the Sharyland Company.